ROOKS,VANESSA L BARASCH,MICHAEL P NASSER,JOSEPH WARD,DONNA A WHEELER,DENNIS

monarchy and proclaims the Republic of Egypt. 23 June 1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser is elected President of the Republic of Egypt. 26 July 1956 President Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal. 29 October 1956 Suez Crisis. Israel invades Sinai (Operation Kadesh) with the covert assent of France and the

s. The first three military coups that followed Syrian independence were engineered by Sunni officers. This was followed by the disastrous union with Nasser's Egypt in 1958 when Baath party leaders, following their pan-Arabist nationalist logic, merged their country's identity into that of their more powe

but arming and training them and helping organize cross-border attacks. Then, in 38 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011509 --- PAGE BREAK --- the summer of 1956, Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, which had been owned by the British and French. Ben-Gurion was emboldened to go war by the fact that both Britain and F

but arming and training them and helping organize cross-border attacks. Then, in 38 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027886 --- PAGE BREAK --- the summer of 1956, Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, which had been owned by the British and French. Ben-Gurion was emboldened to go war by the fact that both Britain and F